# apartar
## Asturian
### Verb

apartar
* to separate
* to keep away

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ə.pərˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [a.paɾˈtaɾ]

### Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartí, past participle apartat)
* (transitive, reflexive) to separate, put apart

#### Derived terms

* apartament

#### Related terms

* apart

### Further reading

* “apartar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “apartar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “apartar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “apartar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese apartar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a- +‎ parte +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [apaɾˈtaɾ]

### Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartei, past participle apartado)
* to separate
** 1487, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. Vigo: Galaxia, pge 235:
    en querendo cunplir e aguardar la ley quel Rey e Reyna nros señores avían feito, en que se contyña que suas Alteças mandauan apartar e faser apartamento en todos seus regnos a los judíos pera que morasen apartados de los cristiaos, que logo fosen apartar aos judios que en esta çibdad ao presente morauan e que lles desen lugar e apartamento e morada ena Rúa Nova da dita çibdad, junto da porta da vyla, de hua parte e da outrawhile wanting to obey and keep the law that the King and Queen our lords had made, in which is contained that their highness ordered to separate and to make separation, in all of their kingdoms, of the Jews so that they live separated from the Christians; that then they proceeded to separate the Jews that dwell in this city at the moment, and that they shall give them place and separation and dwelling at the New Street of this city, by the Town's Gate, in both sides
    Synonym: arredar
* to put aside
* to divert; to avert
* (pronominal) to get away
    Synonyms: afastar, arredar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “apartar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “apart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “apartar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “apartar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “apartar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “apartar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Ladino
### Verb

apartar (Latin spelling)
* to put aside
* to separate

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese apartar, from a- + parte + -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pahˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.pahˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.paɾˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.paʁˈta(ʁ)/ [a.paχˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.paɻˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɐɾˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɐɾˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.pɐɾˈta.ɾi/

### Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite apartei, past participle apartado)
* to separate (to cause to be separate)
    Synonyms: afastar, separar
    Antonym: juntar
    Os objetos foram apartados.The objects have been separated.
* to stop (a fight)
    Synonym: parar
    João apartou a briga das crianças.John stopped the children’s fight.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* apartação
* apartadamente
* apartadiço
* apartado
* apartador
* apartadora
* apartagem
* aparte

## Spanish
### Etymology

From aparte +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /apaɾˈtaɾ/ [a.paɾˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: a‧par‧tar

### Verb

apartar (first-person singular present aparto, first-person singular preterite aparté, past participle apartado)
* (transitive) to separate, to divide
    Synonyms: separar, dividir, desunir
* (transitive) to set aside
* (transitive) to avert (e.g., one's eyes, one's gaze)
* (law) to desist

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* apartadero
* apartadizo
* apartado
* apartamento
* apartamiento
* apartar el grano de la paja
* le dijo la sartén al cazo ¡aparta que me tiznas!

### Further reading

* “apartar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10